Loose-leaf binder for transfer-cases, files, and the like.



E. JAY. LOOSE LEAF. BINDER FOR TRANST'ER GASES, FILES, AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION PIELED SEPT. 12, 1910.

996,020, Patented June 20, 1911.

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EDGAR JAY, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

LOOSE-LEAF BINDER FOR TRANSFER-GASES, FILES, AND THE LIKE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR JAY, merchant, a subject of the King of Great Britain and 'Ireland, and residing at 34 Moorfields, in

the city of London, E. C., England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Loose-Leaf Binders for Transfer-Cases, Files, and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in loose-leaf binders for transfer cases, files and the like, for securely attaching the said leaves in proper position, and the removal or exchange of one or more of the same or the substitution of others therefor.

This improved binder is of the type comprising a sliding locking bar engaging with grooves in the upper ends of the pins or posts upon which the loose leaves are filed and the improvements consist in the means for lengthening or shortening the said pins or posts and the extraction or changing of any desired leaf and maintaining it in its proper position on the file. For this purpose the cover comprising the back of the trans fer case or file is fitted with the filing pins or posts fixed to a transverse bar in the usual manner. These pins or posts are formed of two or more tubular sections of any desired length, the lower one being fixed to the" bar while the others are formed at one end with a male screw and at the other end with a female screw for screwing the said sectionstogether to form a pin or post of the desired length, the upper end of each section being formed with two opposite nicks for engaging a screw-driver or other instrument there with for screwing up or unscrewing the same.

The groove for engaging with the locking bar is formed in a perforated cap screwed to the upper section of each pin or post, the said bar being formed with slots for the passage of the latter through the same and with shoulders or projections for engagement with the grooves. In some cases I may employ two locking bars, instead of one, operated from each side or end of the file.

The free end or edge of each sheet or leaf may be indexed with letters or numbers, and in order to remove or insert a sheet in the desired position I provide two rods or pins pivoted to the bar through which the filing pins or posts pass on the under or reverse side of the same, which rods or pins lie in a recess in said bar when not in use, but which Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 12, 1910.

Patented June 20, 1911. Serial no. 581,488.

are turned up at right angles to the bar and inserted into the tubular pins or posts so as to form extensions to the latter when removing any of the sheets, the said extensions receiving and holding the said sheets in their desired position and then being withdrawn from the posts. To replace the sheets the extensions are reinserted in the posts and the sheets again threaded upon the pins or posts, after which the extensions or pins are withdrawn from the posts and folded back within the recess in the bar to which they are pivoted.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a cross section of a transfer case or file according to my invention and Fig. 2 is a plan of the inner side of top or outer cover of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross section, to a larger scale, taken on the line 50, 0c of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a vertical section showing a portion of one of the filing posts and the locking bar engaged with the same, and Fig. 5 is an elevation of one of the sections of the post with the cap screwed thereto. Fig. 6 is a plan of the locking bar in its unlocked position and Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 8 is a plan of the double arrangement of locking bars.

a, a are the filing pins or posts fitted to the bar 5 forming the rear edge of the inner or back cover 0 of the transfer case or file. These posts are made up of separate sections formed with a male thread 0 at one end and a female thread 0 at the other end for securing the same together to form a single post of the desired length.

0 are the nicks in the upper end of each section for the insertion of a screwdriver or other instrument for screwing up or unscrewing the sections, and (Z is the perforated cap screwed into the upper section and formed with the annular groove 03 for receiving the shoulders or projections e of the locking bar 6 when the latter is in its locked position.

7 are the slots in the bar a for permitting the passage of the posts athrough the same and the sliding motion thereof. The bar 6 is operated by the flange or handle f at one end for locking or unlocking the binder and it is clamped or guided in its sliding motion between the bars 9 and g fixed together at each end and forming the rear edge of the outer cover it of the case or file. The bar 9 is formed with openings 9 for the passage of the posts a.

2', i, are the two rods or pins forked at 2", as shown in Fig. 3 and pivoted to the bar 7' by the projections 2' engaging with the recesses j in the bar j, said bar being secured to the bars 9 and g at their ends and extendingalong under the latter to form a part of the cover h. The projections i may be of eccentric or flattened shape so that when the rods 6 are turned outward, as shown, they may force the bar 9 upward so as .to act as a spring on thesame for keeping the rods 71 in their open or extended position. These rods, when so eXtended, -are 1nserted'1ntothe tubular posts a, through the perforatedcap (Z andserve asextensions upon which the sheets or leaves of the file are threadedifor removnig or unset-ting other sheets below or behind the same. When not 'inzuse the rods 2' are" laid down -or within a recess '70 in-the bar j. After the sheets are threaded uponthepins 2' the latter areremoved from the posts a and the sheet or sheets to be inserted are threaded uponthe-latter :when the pins 2' are again inserted in the same and the sheets thereonthreaded upon th'e posts a.

In F ig; 8,1,1, are the double locking bars which are in this case operated from each end of the case or file.

Having now fully-described the nature ofbe swung outward and inserted in the hollow posts to temporarily receive the sheets therefrom and retain them in proper position.

2. A loose leaf binder, comprising a cover havinghollow upstanding posts on one edge thereofJa second cover sect-ion having sockets to receive the upper ends of said posts, said second member having a recess formed on its under side and connecting the openings of the sockets, and members pivoted to said secondcover and normally contained in the recess and whenswung. outward lying in alinement with the axis of the sockets 1 and being adaptedto be engage'd ziin. the hollow posts.

3. A binde'r, comprising a coveri'having sectional tubular posts engaged :in and iupstanding therefrom; a:.sec'ond cover section havingsockets to engage the upperiends of. the posts, means carried by the latter section for locking. the same on the posts, said secti'on'having a recess formed therein connecting the mouths of the sockets,=Y-shaped members havingv the heads of the Ypivotally secured in thesides of the sockets and having thevertical portion of the .Y engagedin therecess, said members-being adapted to-be swung outward and bednserted in the posts toreceive the sheets mounted :on said'posts.-

In witness whereof I have'hereunto set my handin*the presence of two witnesses.-

EDGAR JAY.

Witnesses PHILIP w Fasrrnn, HENRIETTA -AJoNEs: v

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